First Solar has entered an agreement to supply Birch Creek Energy with 547MW of its thin-film solar modules.
St Louis-based Birch Creek plans to deploy the units in projects across its US development pipeline.
“We are pleased to establish this relationship with First Solar, which we expect will enable certainty of module supply for a critical part of our development pipeline,” said he company’s chief executive Dan Siegel.
He added: “By choosing to buy our modules from First Solar, we are strengthening our domestic content strategy with a trusted partner that delivers a competitive product.”
In addition to expanding its Ohio footprint to over 7GW of annual nameplate capacity this year, First Solar expects to invest over $2bn in new manufacturing facilities in Alabama and Louisiana, which are expected to come online in 2024 and 2025, respectively.
Additionally, First Solar is on track to commission approximately $450m in R&D innovation infrastructure in Perrysburg, Ohio, in the second half of this year.
First Solar’s responsibly produced, advanced thin film PV modules set industry benchmarks for quality, durability, reliability, design, and environmental performance, said the company.
Birch Creek Energy, a utility scale solar development platform, develops, finances and owns utility scale solar and storage projects in the United States.
Since 2019, it has developed 1.7GW of solar projects and has a portfolio of over 14.2GW of utility-scale solar and storage projects in various stages of development across MISO, PJM, ERCOT and the south-east.